I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress. Marat Safin Read Quote
The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes. Marvin Olasky Read Quote
After my second-to-last record, ‘The Greatest’, I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn’t play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of – it’s not self-esteem or whatever, or anger toward myself – but disappointed in myself that I hadn’t been challenging myself to learn musically. Cat Power Read Quote
When I used to play, I loved playing international because it’s more freedom and more ability to improve. Vlade Divac Read Quote
I love my lecture tours. I get up onstage. I have my stack of books and a glass of water and a microphone. No podium, no distance between me and the audience, and I just talk to people and get all excited and tell a lot of jokes, and sing some songs, and read from my work and remind people how powerful they are and how beautiful they are. Suzan-Lori Parks Read Quote
9/11 was a hugely overblown event that only assumed its overarching importance a) because it was done to the United States and b) because of the way the U.S. reacted. Martin Jacques Read Quote
Everybody who knows me is like, ‘Dude, you’ve got to chill out.’ I can’t not work, given where I want to be. Columbus Short Read Quote
For the record, I’ve never taken a bung in my life. I might have enjoyed a meal or a bottle of wine on an agent or two but that is it. I was earning £1.5m a year, so I didn’t need a little bit extra from an agent. It would have been madness. Sam Allardyce Read Quote
So much of life is just talk. At the end of the day, you’re just serving the higher thing. Shawnee Smith Read Quote
